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Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online
- ArtWomb 4y agoI don't see Zbignew Cybulski's Ashes and Diamonds, but there are a few others selections from the "polish james dean". It's amazing how difficult it is to stream deep cinema online from any of the online services. For example, Criterion Collection will have Milos Forman's Fireman's Ball & Loves of a Blonde, but not Black Peter. One is sort of left scrounging bits of ephemera on YT ;)
- drosan 4y ago"How I Unleashed World War II" is not there sadly, nor "With Fire and Sword".
- mistrial9 4y agoOgniem i mieczem 1999 3 hours .. with costumes
- bklaasen 4y agoThe former is a classic comedy. For a taste of what you're missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKZclMWS1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKZclMWS1U
- ajuc 4y agoThe funny thing is - Polish pronunciation is objectively easier than English.
- minipci1321 4y ago"Potop" is also missing it seems? Didn't find "Katyn" either.
- fatherzine 4y agohttps://35mm.online/en https://35mm.online/en
- noman-land 4y agoThis should be the submitted link I think.
- makerofspoons 4y agoI recommend "Blind Chance". It follows three storylines about a man trying to catch a train where different events cause his life to unfold differently. It really makes you think about all the small events that have occurred in your life that snowball to make you who you are.
- odiroot 4y agoVery good recommendation. I was taken to this movie by my (secondary school, I believe) teacher. It really moved me, although I don't agree with suggestion that movie is making: staying neutral is the worst choice you can make. Especially in communist Poland it was probably best choice to avoid jail/torture/execution and shame of collaboration at the same time.
- Swizec 4y ago> staying neutral is the worst choice > best choice to avoid jail/torture/execution See that’s the thing with rhetoric. It’s easy to say from the safety of our modern lives. Or as my mom used to say: “It’s easy to shit when your butt is full” Growing up in almost eastern europe (slovenia), you’d hear a lot of stories from ye olden days of what was and wasn’t said. What people did and didn’t do. At the end of the day, you can be all the hero you want, but the only thing that matters long-term is whether you got scooped up into the murder pits or not. Objectively, neither side was that great. In the 60’s and 70’s we built memorials to fallen comrades bravely fighting the fascist oppressor. In the 90’s and 00’s we built memorials to the fallen souls bravely dying in communist murder pits during that same period. shrug
- foobarian 4y agoSometimes when my elders reminisced about the darker parts of that era they mentioned "getting swallowed by the night." One other fun story from a relative who participated in a work action just after war building a railroad. It was pouring rain, and that day Tito came through to visit/peptalk. According to her, he said "Is it raining comrade?" to which she retorted "It is not raining comrade Tito, it is a sunny day!"
- miki123211 4y agoThey even provide audio descriptions, unlike basically every other service over here.
- IndrekR 4y agoI am not from Poland, but Pilot Pirx’s Inquest (Sci-Fi) left unforgettable scenes in my memory… those wrists… https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/pilot-pirx-s-inquest https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/pilot-pirx-s-inques...
- thriftwy 4y agoOne thing you should probably mention is that it's based on Stanislav Lem's story.
- achairapart 4y agoThis is fantastic. Question: Any way to watch these movies on an Android TV box? I haven't tried yet, but every time I try casting with Chromecast/AirPlay somehow subtitles always get lost...
- achairapart 4y agoI'll answer myself: Luckily there's a native app for Android TV.
- michaelscott 4y agoThis is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI have been working through the book "1000 Films To See Before You Die" — finding the films on YouTube or Netflix....
- BryantD 4y agoIf you have the budget for it, I strongly recommend Criterion Channel as another source for these.
- ankaAr 4y agoThe only one I know is from here, Argentina, but I cannot remember if I can see from outside the country. play.cine.ar Tell me if you can, maybe with a proxy or cheating the account registration. It is a free public platform anyway. We are paying that with taxes so don't worry.
- sofixa 4y agoJust tested it, i can create an account with the location properly set (to France) and it lets me watch (at least the two random things i clicked on).
- lubesGordi 4y agoThere's the National Film Board of Canada: https://www.nfb.ca/ https://www.nfb.ca/
- DanSmooth 4y agoThere is https://croatian.film/en/ https://croatian.film/en/ for Croatian short films.
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- nextstepguy 4y agoI can't find The Saragossa Manuscript!!
- JKCalhoun 4y agoTry YouTube: https://youtu.be/LNoEmDZufWY https://youtu.be/LNoEmDZufWY
- alamortsubite 4y agoThanks! I've been hunting for this.
- mistrial9 4y agocheck out section 4 (!) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Saragossa_Manuscript_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Saragossa_Man...
- rasz 4y agoThe closest you can get are Documentary from the set, starts @10:00 https://35mm.online/vod/kroniki/polska-kronika-filmowa-64-26a https://35mm.online/vod/kroniki/polska-kronika-filmowa-64-26... Similar surreal movies by same Director/Author: https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/sanatorium-pod-klepsydra https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/sanatorium-pod-klepsydra https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/osobisty-pamietnik-grzesznika-przez-niego-samego-spisany https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/osobisty-pamietnik-grzesznika...
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI've seen "Passenger" because it is included in the "1001 Films To See Before You Die" and it is ... haunting. https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/passenger https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/passenger
- lizardactivist 4y agoWe've become so hypnotized and hyped up by spandex-clad super-heroes with bad acting and snappy, pretentious dialogues that we've forgotten what real film and art is like.
- lnsru 4y agoMaybe overworked and tired population needs spandex instead of Tarkovsky’s movies. After 1,5 hours commuting and 9,5 hours in the office I prefer Netflix’ Red Notice over Stalker. And I guess I am not the only one. On the other hand as non native Polish speaker I will enjoy some evening with some great movie recommended in this thread.
- Ansil849 4y agoAn overworked population is precisely the one that needs thought-provoking cinema.
- copperx 4y agoExactly. The last thing the overworked need is more cultural anesthesia.
- crispyambulance 4y ago> After 1,5 hours commuting and 9,5 hours in the office I prefer Netflix’ ... I can appreciate that point of view. It's really a matter of what you're receptive to at any given moment. Keep in mind, however, that Tarkovsky and other innovative filmmakers from the Iron Curtain era literally risked their career every time they made a film. They had something to say and took great pains to do it. It just goes to show that there's really no excuse for the film industry to release so much slop when they got unimaginable resources at their disposal.
- UncleOxidant 4y agoI agree, but I wonder if viewers who have been brought up on the superhero genre where something is blowing up every minute or two could even watch a Tarkovsky film. Whenever I try to introduce people to Tarkovsky's films I warn them up front that they need to completely change their sense of time - they need to view these films as meditations, they need to slow way down. And even with these suggestions up front, it's still difficult for many modern viewers to make it through.
- stefantalpalaru 4y ago"Sexmission" is impressively strong social critique disguised as... erotic comedy: https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/sexmission https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/sexmission
- itsmenow 4y agoKingsajz [1] is one of my favorite Polish movies of all time. It's about way for people to consume some elixir and become tiny (it's an adult movie, although may not sound like it). The special effects are absolutely phenomenal - it's mind boggling that it was done in 1987, and with communist budgets! Unfortunately looks like no English subtitles are available. [1] https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/kingsajz https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/kingsajz
- throwmisinfo388 4y agoEnglish link: https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/king-size https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/king-size
- billfruit 4y agoDoes it include the classic Polish movie about Egypt, Pharaoh.
- oxplot 4y agoAhh, grew up watching this at least a 100 times: https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/vabank https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/vabank
- throwmisinfo388 4y agoEnglish link: https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/va-banque https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/va-banque
- unny 4y agoPilot Pirx was already mentioned, I would add: https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/seksmisja https://35mm.online/vod/fabula/seksmisja
- tannedNerd 4y agoThis is one of my fav polish comedies. If you want to go down the rabbit hole, this list is pretty good place to start. https://culture.pl/en/article/knee-slappers-polands-most-beloved-comedies https://culture.pl/en/article/knee-slappers-polands-most-bel...
- throwmisinfo388 4y agoEnglish link: https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/sexmission https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/sexmission
- type0 4y agoOne of the first things I looked up as well, so happy it was there; too bad 'With Fire and Sword' (Ogniem i mieczem) wasn't there.
- mzs 4y agoThey have this nice page* of movies with Ukrainian subtitles. I am teaching English to a family of Ukrainian refugees. Films in English with Ukrainian subtitles would be a fantastic resource. Does anyone know of such a service? * https://35mm.online/kolekcje/dla-ukrainy https://35mm.online/kolekcje/dla-ukrainy
- thriftwy 4y agoSites like subscene have endless supply of subtitles in any languages and you can probably torrent the films themselves.
- mzs 4y agoI should add, they only have iphones and the 35mm site's player just worked as expected with Ukrainian subs.
- aeontech 4y agoFWIW, I highly, highly recommend showing them (simpler) movies with _english_ subtitles. This helped tremendously when I was going from “school English” to “native English”, because things I couldn’t pick up by ear yet, I could pick up by reading the subtitles. If you watch it with Ukrainian subtitles, your brain just falls back on what it already knows, and ignores the soundtrack (mostly).
- mzs 4y agoThat is a an excellent point. My wife's English got much better from us watching Friends with subtitles too. I gave them a DVD player and a few movies, thanks.
- crispyambulance 4y agoSince we're talking Polish cinema. I recommend 2 films from Andrzej Żuławski: * Possession (1981) starring Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani. It starts out sort of like a relationship-gone-bad film then goes into a full-on crazy mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4Z1yIAoFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4Z1yIAoFM * On The Silver Globe (1988) -- Unfinished sci-fi, super innovative, completely bonkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Silver_Globe_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Silver_Globe_(film)
- js2 4y agoIt took Adjani years to recover from the emotional toll of that movie. If you’re ever thinking of watching a Gaper Noé film, don’t waste your time on that poser hack. Watch Possession instead. That subway tunnel scene… sheesh. Oh man, there’s a new 4K restoration. I don’t know if I can handle a second watch. The Polish film I’d recommend is Kieślowski‘s The Double Life of Veronique.
- vmladenov 4y agoHow is he a poser hack when he cites Possession directly at the beginning of Climax?
- 0x38B 4y agoAs far as Polish films, highly recommend 1982’s “Znachor” (1). Quoting IMDB: “Abandoned by his wife and daughter, a famous surgeon starts drinking, hurts his head and loses his memory. His medical knowledge gradually resurfaces and he becomes a village healer …” 1: https://imdb.com/title/tt0084953/ https://imdb.com/title/tt0084953/
- deckard1 4y agoThis is an excellent resource. Lots of great films on here. Piotr Szulkin is on here as well, for anyone into sci-fi. I've been looking for some of these films for awhile... Golem: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080806/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080806/ https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/golem https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/golem The War of the Worlds: Next Century: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083335/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083335/ https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/the-war-of-the-worlds-next-century https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/the-war-of-the-worl... O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089714/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089714/ https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/o-bi-o-ba-the-end-of-civilization https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/o-bi-o-ba-the-end-o... Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091096/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091096/ https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/ga-ga-glory-to-the-heroes https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/ga-ga-glory-to-the-...
- lobocinza 4y agoI have watched all of those this week except Golem and they are great despite the low budget production. It's amazing that those were recorded under authoritarianism and are more liberal than our present age movies and supposedly liberal/democratic society. The society and the media in "The War of the Worlds: Next Century", if you ignore the martians and the blood thing does remind me of Russia and China today.
- rasz 4y agoWow. This is fully legit: >In the years 2018-2021, the Polish Film Institute, the Documentary and Feature Film Studios and Studio Filmow Rysunkowych implemented a Project (number POPC.02.03.02-00-0007 / 17), named: >‘Digital restoration and digitization of Polish feature films, documentaries and animated films in order to ensure access in all fields of distribution (cinema, television, Internet, mobile devices) and to preserve Polish film heritage for future generations’, under Sub-measure 2.3.2 ‘Digital sharing of resources of culture’ for Measure 2.3 ‘Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information’, under the Operational Programme Digital Poland for 2014-2020. >160 feature films, 71 documentaries, 474 animated films, including 10 full-length animated films have been restored as part of the project. >The project was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The total value of the project is PLN 107 292 917,71, the value of the European Union funding is PLN 75 121 952,02. The project was also co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the amount of PLN 13 516 016,95. Co-funded (75%) by EU, cost $22mil.
- auganov 4y ago20M to put a bunch of easily available communist movies (to which they already owned copyrights?!) on a website. Why not "preserve heritage" by "restoring" pre-war movies that have been mostly forgotten and actually do need some real restoring? Could probably restore all of them for a few M tops. Sounds like a typical EU grafting scheme. This would never get funded without EU $.
- gnubison 4y agoPerhaps those movies are next :) … and it seems to me you could make this argument about any positive action, if you wanted.
- rasz 4y agoAnti-communist movies. https://culture.pl/en/article/the-most-powerful-films-from-beyond-the-iron-curtain https://culture.pl/en/article/the-most-powerful-films-from-b... https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/there-was-jazz https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/there-was-jazz >Young musicians in Łódź play jazz. At first, they do it offstage, then semi-officially, and finally they are trying to find a place for a concert. As it is forbidden in the Stalinist Poland, they lose their jobs, places at universities and their girls. Music is the only thing that cannot be taken away from them. https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/interrogation https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/interrogation >Antonina Dziwisz, a cabaret artist, travels around Poland with the cabaret group. Unexpectedly, she is arrested and involved in the Stalinist political trial. The woman does not succumb to violence, despite humiliation, threats and brutal punishments. Not to mention plenty of movies from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_moral_anxiety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_moral_anxiety Tоварищ auganov ты потерялся?
- 99_00 4y agoI went from having ZERO interest in classic Polish film to having some interest. So mission accomplished, Polish Film Institute.
- btdmaster 4y agoVery disappointed that it has DRM...
- Koshkin 4y agoKingsajz and Sexmission are some of the best Polish comedies that I remember.